Joint dialog box

Defines joints between components to position component occurrences relative to other occurrences in a model.

Model Assemble Joint

Patch Assemble Joint

Model or Patch Joint

Component1

Select the joint origin or geometry on the first component. The first component selected will move to the second component.

Component2

Select the joint origin or geometry on the second component.

Angle

Specify an angle to rotate the joint origins.

Offset

Specify a value to offset the joint origins.

Flip

Reverses the orientation of the joint.

Type

Select the type of joint to create. Depending on the type selected, you can change the orientation of the allowed movement.

Select the direction the component can move or rotate.

• Rotate
• Slide
• Axis
• Normal
• Pitch
• Yaw

	Joint Type	Description	Motion Allowed
	Rigid	Locks components together, removing all degrees of freedom.	None
	Revolute	Allows the component to rotate around joint origin.	1 rotation
	Slider	Allows the component to translate along a single axis.	1 translation
	Cylindrical	Allows the component to rotate and translate along the same axis.	1 translation 1 rotation
	Pin-slot	The component can rotate about an axis and translate about a different axis.	1 translation 1 rotation
	Planar	Allows the component to translate along two axes and rotate about a single axis.	2 translation 1 rotation
	Ball	Allows the component to rotate about all three axes using a gimbal system (three nested rotations).	3 rotation

Animate

Shows the allowed motion by animating Component1. Click again to stop the animation.

Tips

Hover the mouse over a face then hold Command (Mac) or Ctrl (Windows) to lock that face.

Component1 is always the component that moves to satisfy the joint.